Having posted the palace v Charlton cup game programme on another thread I started thinking about games I’d pick if I could re-live them all over again.
The two play off finals against Sunderland are a given. The Doncaster home leg of the play offs was an exceptional night. That Pompey away game was an exceptional performance by the Charlton fans and the 68/69 palace replay was just an amazing night from
just trying to get ti the ground and then all through the game.
I then realised that I hadn’t picked one single PL or old first division game, or even the back to the valley match, not that there wasn’t any good or great matches then or since but that the five I’ve mentioned were all on another level above the rest.
just looking at this team and remembering that night, a stand out fantastic memory in a season of them.
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The atmosphere at this game hasn’t been passed since
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Doncaster at Home 2nd leg in the Playoffs
Man United at Home 3-3
Chelsea at Home 4-2
West Ham at Home 4-4
Dennis in the last minute '04
Relegating them '05
4-2 at Highbury
Barnsley 6-0
The 2-2 draw at Highbury in 1989, signing "we're going back to The Valley" all game
A personal one, Charlton 3 Barnet 1 from 1992 at Upton Park, as that was the start of me becoming a regular.
The promotion celebrating game in 11/12 with the skydiver landing on the pitch.
2) Vs Sunderland, playoff final 2
3) Away win at Millwall 95/96
4) Relegating Palace
5) 4-4 with Ipswich - no not that one. The other one, away in 1990. One of the first games I went to and was hooked since. Similarly we were 2-0 down, got it back to 2-2, went 4-2 down and then came back to 4-4
Sunderland at Wembley, 19
Boxing Day massacre of Chelsea 03
Charlton 4-2 West Ham 03
Charlton 3-1 Preston North End 75
Doncaster Play-Off Semi-Final
3-3 with Man Utd
4-2 win at Highbury
Brilliant atmosphere
19th august 2000, first game in the premier league
Charlton 4-0 Man City...we are top of the league, said, we are top of the league...what a day that was...🍺
Southampton 6-2 Beating the FA Cup holders
Spurs 4-1
Chelsea 5-2 Simonsen.
Man United away 1-0
Carlisle away X 3. There are three to choose from
Charlton 5-0 Southampton...1998...🙄
1 0 win at Man Utd 1986
3-4 Villa away
1-0 v Ipswich Play off Semi
5-4 v Cardiff 2012
Sunderland x 2
rommedahl 2004
perhaps Ipswich semi, I don’t think I could actually hack the Donny one again; that was mainly torture
Two play off finals
The second leg of the coca-cola cup against Wimbledon (Bowyer scored a hatrick in the first leg)
3-3 Liverpool away in the first prem season
Of the ones I missed:
5-0 v Southampton in the first game of the first prem season
3-3 v Man Utd at home
2-4 v Arsenal away
Carlisle away with Chris Powell in charge
Dennis in the last minute
Keirs of course, Dennis Booth, Ray Crawford, Luciano Masiello (though I think he only played once in 68/69 ?) can't think of any others but maybe ?
palace (a) 07
Coventry (a) 00
Grimsby (a) 99
liverpoool (a) 04
semi at home v Doncaster
Back to valley v Portsmouth
Sending Palace down
Sunderland X2
Carlisle 2012
Charlton 4 West Ham 0
Sending Palace down
West Ham 4-0
Arsenal 4-2
Cardiff 5-4
Liverpool 3-2
Southend away around 75/76
Southampton 6-2
Cardiff at home 76/77
West Ham at home league cup circa 76
Forest at home 78
Ipswich away in 83
Man U away 86
Man U home 3-3
Last game in the Prem against the Spuds
Doncaster both legs
Play off? Nah not until the 93rd minute
Others would have to be Liverpool 2003, Chelsea 2004, Palace 2005.
Arsenal 2 Charlton 4
Charlton 4 Chelsea 2 the Boxing Day massacre
Charlton 2 Huddersfield 0 the end of there 246 unbeaten run equal with the Ipswich play off semi final at the valley.